MICHELSON INFEROMETER

Yoga Indrajatmoko
Physics Education Study Program, Faculty of Mathematic and Science
Universitas Negeri Semarang
Sekaran, Gunung Pati, Semarang 50229
yoga.indrajatmoko@gmail.com

A. Introduction incidence, each wave eventually

The index of refraction of water is
measured by slowly varying the density
of water along a fixed length of one
beam pathin the Michelson
inferometer. That method obviously
won't work with a solid substance, such
as glass. Theerefore, in order to
measure the index of refraction of
glass, it's the size of the glass through
which the inferometer beam passes.
This experiment is a technique for
making such a measurement.
Consider light that leaves point P
on extended source S in Fig. 35-21 and
encounters beam splitter M. A beam
splitter is a mirror that transmits half
the incident light and reflects the other
half. In the figure we have assumed, for
convenience, that this mirror possesses
negligible thickness. At M the light
thus divides into two waves. One
proceeds by transmission toward
mirror M1 at the end of one arm of the
instrument; the other proceeds by
reflection toward mirror M2 at the end
of the other arm.The waves are entirely
reflected at these mirrors and are sent
back along their directions of
entering telescope T.What the observer
sees is a pattern of curved or
approximately straight interference
fringes; in the latter case the fringes
resemble the stripes on a zebra.
Refractive index is defined as the
ratio between the wavelength of light
passing through the first medium and
the wavelength that passes through the
second medium in the phenomenon of
light waves that crosses two different
mediums. The refractive index value
can be observed simply can be seen
from the change in trajectory that
occurs which is observed in the ratio
between the value of the sine angle
coming with the sine at the bias angle.
In Sinelli's law the change in the
position of the wave angle is caused by
differences in the characteristics of the
two mediums which include density
and radiation. (Solihin.2010: 4)
Wave interference is a
combination of two or more waves in a
particular area at the same time.
Interference waves that have the same
frequency, amplitude and direction of
vibration that propagate according to a
 straight line at the same speed but angular variations to find the thickness
opposite the direction, producing index of the glass slab used. From the
stationary waves. destructive results of the experiments carried out
interference is interference where getting data:
waves cancel each other with opposite
phases while constructive interference
is interference that is amplified by
having the same wave phase.
B. Purpose
In the Michelson interferometer
practice it aims to find the change in the
path of the glass plate rotated from neon
heliom with (θ).

C. Methode From the data obtained when

The practicum we use uses a neon searching for the refractive index of
helium laser and sets the device in glass, the results obtained were quite
mechelson mode. Put the rotating table stable at various angles used by denagan
between the beem spliter and movable using 627nm neon helium wavelength.
perpendicular mirror to optical path.
Point the laser at the lens so that it can
be seen on the screen. Position the glass E. Conclution
plate on the rotating pointer with the In experiments with the
initial treatment at 0° angle. Remove the Michelson interferometer the glass
license from in front of the laser. Hold refractive index can be identified by
the screen between the glass and using observations on the observation
movabke mirror. Replace the viewing screen with the formation of a finger on
screen and the lence and make any the observation screen with a neon
index of
mirror adjustments thatrefraction
are necessaryglass
to wavelength of laser helium that has
2 a clear set of fingers on the viewing
get been previously measured.
screen and rather slow rotating the table
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